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Italian
Etymology
From im- + barbaro + -ire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /im.bar.baˈri.re/
- Rhymes: -ire
- Hyphenation: im‧bar‧ba‧rì‧re
Verb
imbarbarìre (first-person singular present imbarbarìsco, first-person singular past historic imbarbarìi, past participle imbarbarìto, auxiliary (transitive) avére or (intransitive) èssere)
- (transitive) to make less civilized; to barbarize
- (transitive) to debase (language) (e.g. by introducing foreignisms)
- (intransitive) to become less civilized; to become barbarous
- (intransitive, figurative) to become debased (e.g. of language)
Conjugation
1Transitive.
2Intransitive.
Derived terms
Further reading
- imbarbarire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana